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Muslim Man Names and their meanings - A


Aaban - Name of the Angel

Aadil - Just, Upright

Aafiya - Good Health

Aahil - Prince

Aalam - World

Aalee - Sublime, high

Aalim - Religious Scholar

Aamil - Doer, Work man

Aamir - Civilised

Aamirah - Inhabitant -

Aaqib - Follower

Aaqil - Intelligent

Aarif - Knowing, aware

Aariz - Respectable man

Aashir - Living

Aasif - An able minister

Aasim - Person who keeps away from sins

Aatif - Kind Affectionate

Aazim - Determined

Abbas - Gloomy look

Abd Al-Ala - Slave of the High

Abdul Adl - Slave of the just

Abdul Afuw - Slave of the one who pardons

Abdul Ahad - Slave of he who is one (Allah)

Abdul Ali - Slave of the High one

Abdul Alim - Slave of the All knowing

Abdul Awwal - Slave of the First One

Abdul Azim - Slave of the great

Abdul Badee - Slave of the originator

Abdul Baith - Slave of the one who raises death

Abdul Baqi - Slave of the Eternal

Abdul Bari - Slave of the creator

Abdul Baseer - Slave of the All-seeing

Abdul Batin - Slave of the unseen

Abdul Fattah - Slave of the opener, slave of the giver of victory

Abdul Hafeez - Slave of the Protector

Abdul Hafiz - Slave of the Guardian

Abdul Halim - Slave of the Wise

Abdul Hamid - Slave of the Praiseworthy

Abdul Hannan - Slave of the Merciful

Abdul Hasib - Slave of the Reckoner

Abdul Hayy - Slave of the Living

Abdul Jawwad - Slave of the Bountiful

Abdul Kabir - Slave of the Great

Abdul Karim - Slave of the Gracious

Abdul Khabir - Slave of the one who is aware

Abdul Maajid - Slave of the Excellence

Abdul Maalik - Slave of the Master, the Lord

Abdul Mani - Slave of one who prevents

Abdul Mannan - Slave of the Benefactor

Abdul Mateen - Slave of the Firm

Abdul Mubdee - Slave of the Originator

Abdul Mueed - Slave of the Restorer, the Reproducer

Abdul Muhaymin - Slave of the Protector

Abdul Muhsin - Slave of the Benefactor

Abdul Muhyee - Slave of the one who gives life and sustains it

Abdul Munim - Slave of the Generous

Abdul Muntaqim - Slave of him who punishes wrongdoings and seizes retribution

Abdul Muqeet - Slave of the Sustainer

Abdul Muqsit - Slave of the Just

Abdul Musawwir - Slave of the Fashioner

Abdul Muti - Slave of the Giver

Abdul Muzanni - He was a narrator of Hadith

Abdul Nafi - Slave of the Propitious

Abdul Naseer - Slave of the Helper

Abdul Noor - Slave of the one who is Light

Abdul Qadeer - Slave of the Powerful

Abdul Qadir - Slave of the Powerful

Abdul Qayyum - Slave of the Self-Subsistent

Abdul Rabb - Slave of the Lord

Abdul Rafi - Slave of the Exalter

Abdul Rahim - Slave of the Compassionate

Abdul Raqib - Slave of the Vigilant

Abdul Rauf - Servent of the merciful

Abdul Tawwab - Slave of the Acceptor of repentance, the relenting

Abdul Waali - Slave of the Governor

Abdul Wahid - Slave of the Unique. Some of the prominent men with this name include ibn-Zayd a disciple of Hasan al-Basri, he was a preacher and ascetic who died at Basrah in 745

Abdul Wajid - Slave of the Finder, the Perceiver

Abdul Wakil - Slave of the Trustee

Abdul Waliy - Slave of the Protecting Friend

Abdul Wasi - Slave of the All Embracing

Abdul-Aalee - Servant of the Most High

Abdul-Adheem - Servant of the Most Great

Abdul-Aleem - Servant of the All-Knowing

Abdul-Baaqi - Servant of the Everlasting

Abdul-Baari - Servant of the Evolver

Abdul-Baasit - Servant of the Expander

Abdul-Barr - Servant of the source of Goodness

Abdul-Dhahir - Servant of the Manifest

Abdul-Ghaffar - Servant of the forgiver

Abdul-Ghafur - Servant of the All-Forgiving

Abdul-Ghani - Servant of the Self-Sufficient

Abdul-Hadi - Servant of the Guide

Abdul-Hafeedh - Servant of the Preserver

Abdul-Hakeem - Servant of the Wise

Abdul-Haleem - Servant of the Forbearing One

Abdul-Hameed - Servant of the Praiseworthy

Abdul-Haqq - Servant of the Truth

Abdul-Haseeb - Servant of the Reckoner

Abdul-Jabbar - Servant of the Compeller

Abdul-Jaleel - Servant of the Sublime One

Abdul-Kareem - Servant of the Most Generous

Abdul-Khaliq - Servant of the Creator

Abdul-Lateef - Servant of the Subtle One

Abdul-Majeed - Servant of the Most Glorious

Abdul-Majid - Servant of the Noble

Abdul-Malik - Servant of the Sovereign Lord

Abdul-Mu'eid - Servant of the Restorer

Abdul-Mu'izz - Servant of the Honourer

Abdul-Mughni - Servant of the Enricher

Abdul-Mujeeb - Servant of the Responsive

Abdul-Mumin - Servant of the Guardian of Faith

Abdul-Muqtadir - Servant of the Powerful

Abdul-Muta'alee - Servant of the Most Exalted

Abdul-Nur - Servant of the Light

Abdul-Qaadir - Servant of the Able

Abdul-Qahhar - Servant of the Subduer

Abdul-Qaiyoum - Servant of the Self-Sustaining

Abdul-Quddus - Servant of the Holy

Abdul-Waajid - Servant of the Finder

Abdul-Wadood - Servant of the Loving

Abdul-Wahhab - Servant of the Best-ower

Abdul-Warith - Servant of the Supreme Inheritor

Abdullah - Servant of Allah

Abdur Rashid - Slave of the Guide

Abdur Razzaq - Slave of the provider; Ibn Hammam was one of those prominent people with this name

Abdur-Raheem - Servant of the Most Merciful

Abdur-Rahman - Servant of the Most Gracious

Abdur-Raqeeb - Servant of the Watchful

Abdur-Rasheed - Servant of the Guide to Right Path

Abdur-Rauf - Servant of the Compassionate

Abdur-Razzaq - Servant of the Provider

Abdus - Name of the narrator of one of the hadith

Abdus Sabur - Slave of the Forbearing

Abdus Salaam - Slave of the Giver of Peace

Abdus Samad - Slave of the Eternal, The Independent

Abdus Sami - Slave of the All Hearing

Abdus Sattar - Slave of the one who conceals faults

Abdus Shafi - Slave of the Healer

Abdus Subbooh - Slave of the Extremely pure

Abdus-Sabour - Servant of the Patient

Abdus-Salaam - Servant of the Source of Peace

Abdus-Samad - Servant of the Eternal

Abdus-Sameei - Servant of the All-Hearing

Abdus-Shaheed - Servant of the Witness

Abdus-Shakur - Servant of the Appreciative

Abdush Shahid - Slave of the Witness

Abid - Worshipper

Abisali - Warrior in Islam

Abrad - Hail, Mail

Abrar - Peity

Abrash - Spotted, Speckled

Absi - Probably from ABASA to frown; this was the name of Abdullah ibn-Musa, a scholar and reciter of the Quran, died 828/829

Abt'hi - One who lives in Abtah, a place near Makkah

Abyad - A narrator of hadith was so named

Abzari - Seeds, spice, seedsman, one who sows; the Persian scribe and memoriser of tradition, Abu-Ishaq Ibrahim had this name

Adam - A Prophet's Name

Adawi - Grandson of Sayyindina Umer

Adbul-Qawi - Servant of the Most Powerful

Adeeb - A literary Person

Adeel - Just

Adeem - Rare

Adel - Honorable Judge, One who Jugdes Fairly

Adham - Black

Adib - Cultured

Adil - Just, Honest

Adiy - A companion of the Prophet; also the name of the son of Hatim Tiay known for his generosity; also the son of Thabit had this name

Adl - Justice

Adnan - A tribal ancestor of the Quraysh, the Prophet. was from this tribe; there were other noted men too later in history who had this name; for instance, word bin Hakim, a scholar of Basrah

Aduz Zahir - Slave of the Manifest

Adyan - A nabee was named by this name

Afaaq - The place where Earth & Sky meet

Afeef - Pure, Chaste, Pious

Affan - Forgiving person

Afif - Chaste, Modest


Aflah - Gaining success-but the Prophet. has discouraged us from giving such names to our children; according to Sayyidina Jab (R.A), The Prophet. intended to forbid such names as Yala, Barakah, Aflah, Yasar Nafi and the like but he said nothing about it until he died. (Muslim has transmitted this hadith)

Afraz - Standing tall like a mountain,ability to withstand all that is thrushed upon it

Aftab - Sun

Afzal - Best, top most

Agharr - Hansome, beautiful, distinguished illustrious, noble, Magnanimous. Name of a companion of the Prophet, bin al-Muzan; he transmitted a hadith: "My heart is invaded by unmindfulness and I ask Allah's forgiveness a hundred times a day

Ahad - The one

Ahmad - Most highly adored

Ahmar - Red Coloured

Ahnaf - Name of one of the narrators of hadith

Ahsan - The best of all

Ahwas - Having narrow, contracted or squinting eye; he reported his father quoting a hadith from Prophet; " Do not ask me about evil, but ask me about good; the worst evil consists in learned me who are evil and the best good in learned men who are good"

Ahzab - Name of one of the narrators of Hadith

Aidh - Name of a reciter of the Holy Quran

Aijaz - Blessing

Aiman - Fearless

Ajer - Reward

Ajlah - A narrator of hadith had this name

Akeem - Wise

Akhas - A narrator of hadith

Akhdan - Best Friend

Akhfash - There have been several men of this name; there were grammarians of this name in the 8th / 9th century

Akhlaq - Behavion

Akhtar - A Star, good man

Akif - Attached, Intent

Akram - More Generous

Al-Kareem - Educator, teacher

Ala' - Nobility

Ali - Noble, sublime

Alman - Kind, willing and wiseman

Almir - Prince

Amaan - The most lovelable

Amaar - One who prays 5 times and fasts

Amam - Safety, Protection

Ameer - Commander, Prince, Khalifah

Amin - Faithful, trustworthy, custodian

Amir - Prosperous

Amjad - More glorious, more illustrious

Ammaar - One with strong Imaan. Also a Sahabi , one of the early muslims, son of Yasir and Sumaya Rad

Ammar - Long of age

Amr - "By my life" A famous companion had this name, ibn al-Aas who conquered Egypt; also Ibn al-Ala called Zabban, was one of the seven readers of the Quran and an eminent Scholar

Anas - Love, affection

Anasah - The freed slave of the Prophet had this name

Aneeq - Valueable

Anees - Intimate, friendly

Aniq - Elegant

Anis - Close friend, companion

Antarah - This was the name of the freed slave of Sulaym

Anwaar - Light, glow, gleam

Anwar - More radiant

Aqeel - Wise, Intelligent There have been several prominent men with this name; Abu Aqeel was a transcriber of the Quran; ibn abu Talib was one of Abu Talibs Family; Ibn Bilal was a granson of the poet Jarir


Aqeil - Knowledgable

Arbaaz - Eagle

Areeb - Skillful, Adroit

Arham - Merciful

Arif - Acquainted, knowledgeable

Armaan - Desire, hope

Arqam - Pen, Speckled snake; Acompanion and an early convert to Islam, had this name, (he was) Arqam bin Abi Arqam at whose house the Prophet offered prayers with his companions to avoid clashes with the idolets of Makkah and his house which became the first centre of Islam for quite some time

Arsal - The one who was sent

Arsalaan - Lion

Arshad - Better guided, honest

Arshaq - Handsome, well proportioned

Artah - A narrator of the hadith

As'ad - Happier

Asad - Lion

Asar - Fourth Prayer of the day

Asbagh - Coloured animal, huge flood, dyer

Asbat - A narrator of hadith

Aseed - A narrator of Hadeeth

Asghar - Shorter, Smaller, Junior

Asha'ath - Scattered, Spread about, humble

Ashar - One who has wisdom

Ashfaq - Compassionate friend

Ashmath - Correct path, Straight path

Ashraf - Honorable

Aslam - Peace

Ateeb - Very pious

Athar - Neat, Clean

Athazaz - Unknown, Mystery, Maze

Atif - United, Joined, Together

Awf - Guest, fragrance, lion; Name of ibn-Maalik, Al-Ashjat a companion of the Prophet who has narrated some ahadith from the prophet, including this one transmitted by Abu Dawood. " Only a ruler, or one put in charge or one who is presumptuos (or hypocrite) gives instructions (to other people)

Awn - To help, assist

Ayaan - God's gift

Aybak - Ibn-Aybak was a leading historian

Aymaan - Lucky

Ayman - Right Hand

Ayyash - Bread seller

Ayyub - Ayyub was a Prophet of Allah known for his patience in the face of severity and hardship. There have been other noted men by this name, for instance Ibn Tamim was a reciter of the Quran, Al-Sakhtiyani was a learned ascetic; both had this name

Azaan - Call for the prayer

Azad - Freedom

Azeem - Great, greater

Azfer - Leader

Azhar - Famous

Azim - Greatest

Azraq - Blue, name of a companion of the Prophet

Azraqi - He was an authority on the history and geography of Makkah

Azzam - Determined, resolved

 

 

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